Attach Debugger To Powershell Host In VS Code

The question is, how to attach a debugger to a PowerShell session as

• I needed the test if setting the executionpolicy for the session was done correctly
• I needed to debug a longer script called from the shell with aliasing

Steps (so easy!)

• make sure there is a running PowerShell session in VS Code
• add configuration PowerShell attach to host process
• set a breakpoint in the script
• start a PowerShell session (not necessarily an integrated session in VS Code)
• get the pid with running $pid command
• press f5 to start the debugger
• select the correct pid from the dropdown
• run the script from the selected terminal → it should break at the set breakpoint
• you can use the debug console to fool around if necessary